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SUMMARY:Poets at Large with DiCaronimo & Wheeler
DESCRIPTION:Poets at Large Presents DiCaronimo & WheelerPoets at Large will host poets from Fitchburg\, MA on Saturday night\, May 20th\, at 7 p.m. at The Vanilla Bean Café\, 450 Deerfield Road\, in Pomfret\, CT. The featured readers that night will be Laura DiCaronimo and Sarah Beth Wheeler. Admission is free and donations are welcome.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDiCaronimo is an optician\, poet and wife who holds certification in nonprofit management. She hosts and organizes The Openest Mic series and is a board member of Worcester County Poetry Association. She was the inaugural Dan Lewis recipient and was one of the nominees for the 2025 Spoken Word Artist of the Year through the Boston Music Awards. DiCaronimo has performed internationally\, and her first chapbook\, Winner for Trying (Metaphysical Fox Press)\, was published in 2025. Her email is listenstotheradio@gmail.com. \n\n\n\nWheeler is a lifelong poet\, and has performed from Boston to San Fransico placing second in the Dancing Poetry Festival. She recently served as a judge for the Second Annual Massachusetts Poetry Olympics. Wheeler has been published in multiple chapbooks and she is co-creator of  the album\, The Unforgivable Ghetto where her poetry is powerfully accompanied with a musical underscore.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event begins at 7 p.m. Contact karen.warinsky@gmail.com to be in the open mic. Age 16 and up. \n\n\n\nPoets at Large has brought over 120 published and awarded poets to the area since 2020 and dozens of people have participated in the open mic portions during that time. Poets at Large is a project of Windham Arts. All events are ADA compliant and are recommended for ages 16 and up. Readings for the rest of the season are sponsored in part by donations from BankHometown\, Charter Oak FCU\, WHZ Financial and The Putnam Area Foundation. Contact karen.warinsky@gmail.com to sign up for the open mic; 5-minute max as time allows.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-at-large-with-dicaronimo-wheeler/
LOCATION:The Vanilla Bean\, 450 Deerfield Road\, Pomfret\, CT\, 06259\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Warinsky%2C Poets At Large":MAILTO:karen.warinsky@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Susan Roney-O'Brien
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, MA\, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday June 30th virtually on Zoom with none other than Susan Roney O’Brien\, our featured reader! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan Roney-O’Brien earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College\, has published two chapbooks: Earth and Farmwife\, and three collections: Legacy of the Last World\, Bone Circle and Thira. She received the 2020 Stanley Kunitz Poetry Medal\, and has been nominated for many Pushcart Prizes. Her work has been translated into Braille and Mandarin and has been published widely. She curates the monthly Thirsty Lab Series\, coordinates grant-funded literary readings\, works with student-poets and organizes\, runs\, and participates in poetry workshops. She and her husband live on a small farm with Oliver\, their chocolate Lab\, in Central Massachusetts.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-susan-roney-obrien-5/
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